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first, obamacare. then obamacare ii. the change of the rules. but what we do know is that this majority has set an unprecedented precedent, that they have set the precedent to do whatever they want to do any time they want to do it, they've created a senate without rules. let's talk a little bit about what the justification might be for such a stunning action. because there are so many words thrown around that don't represent facts at all that somehow i wonder at this. for example, the democrats complain their radical action was warranted because the senate is broken. i agree with that and i'll explain why i think so. but their reason is that president obama's appointees have been unfairly denied seats by failed cloture votes or filibuster. the charge was, you heard the majority leader just a few minutes ago, things have gotten so bad that this republican majority has treated president obama unfairly by denying his nominees their seats by failed cloture votes or filibusters. madam president, the democrats have gotten themselves in a room and con
first, obamacare. then obamacare ii. the change of the rules. but what we do know is that this majority has set an unprecedented precedent, that they have set the precedent to do whatever they want to do any time they want to do it, they've created a senate without rules. let's talk a little bit about what the justification might be for such a stunning action. because there are so many words thrown around that don't represent facts at all that somehow i wonder at this. for example, the...
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in short, it's obamacare. in short, it's climate change regulation. and the method for doing it is presidential rule by fiat. the other side decided that there were no long -- that they were no longer willing to play by the rules that they established in 2006 and that they pioneered in that year when we had a republican president and a republican majority in the senate. they lost the debate, so they changed the rules of the game a couple weeks ago in the middle of the fourth quarter of the game. they triggered the so-called nuclear option because salvaging obamacare and insulating cap-and-trade fee increases from meaningful judicial review were just too important ideological battles that this administration wanted to get done one way or the other. but as i said, the end games for this scheme has been clear ever since it was formulated. so i wasn't surprised to read media accounts confirming the reasons democrats broke the senate rules in order to get these nominees confirmed. for instance, on november 3 -- 23, "the hill" newspaper ran an article with
in short, it's obamacare. in short, it's climate change regulation. and the method for doing it is presidential rule by fiat. the other side decided that there were no long -- that they were no longer willing to play by the rules that they established in 2006 and that they pioneered in that year when we had a republican president and a republican majority in the senate. they lost the debate, so they changed the rules of the game a couple weeks ago in the middle of the fourth quarter of the...
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on your first question about obamacare, the best thing that happened to obamacare was the government shutdown. if not we would have known from day one that it was a debacle. i remember asking a guy who is defending it to help define the website, et cetera, about two and a half weeks in when we finally started talking about obamacare and the website and all the different problems, well, they were calling it glitches, remember at the getting they were glitches? i said when can i start calling these glitches a debacle? and he said, about the middle of november if the website is a fix. today is november 19. it is a gigantic debacle. you know, so many different aspects. because it's not just a website. and by the way, it's incredible that the greatest country in the world have spent hundreds of millions of dollars building a website and the thing doesn't work. that is not, you know, i'm tired of hearing excuses about it because i'm tired of hearing it's going to work by such a date and it's working that and is going to work by november 30. in all likelihood it's not. but there's more than
on your first question about obamacare, the best thing that happened to obamacare was the government shutdown. if not we would have known from day one that it was a debacle. i remember asking a guy who is defending it to help define the website, et cetera, about two and a half weeks in when we finally started talking about obamacare and the website and all the different problems, well, they were calling it glitches, remember at the getting they were glitches? i said when can i start calling...
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in other words, obamacare has a grandfather clause anything after the enactment of obamacare is illegal unless it meets the statutory requirement. with the president is saying as he is extending a grandfather clause to cover plans beyond what the statute contemplates so you think that's appropriate? >> i think you are making a good point. if it is to bury -- >> let me say that we passed in the house a bill that would have grandfathered in the plans and i think that we should do that. >> what i meant to say is i think it is appropriate as a measure if it is necessary to effectively -- >> contrary to the statute the whole point of obamacare is unique to force people into these exchanges. what about this idea. if the political environment is tough with fb a reason to delay the law or grant a waiver to the law if you cite to the political environment as your justification? congress isn't doing what i want. i may suffer political damage so i'm going to do it anyway. i think in your testimony you did make some good points. i will give you that. you didn't cite the justification for delaying t
in other words, obamacare has a grandfather clause anything after the enactment of obamacare is illegal unless it meets the statutory requirement. with the president is saying as he is extending a grandfather clause to cover plans beyond what the statute contemplates so you think that's appropriate? >> i think you are making a good point. if it is to bury -- >> let me say that we passed in the house a bill that would have grandfathered in the plans and i think that we should do...
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they are not the same as obamacare. but what is striking about the comparison is that president lincoln welcomed the involvement of congress. welcome to the congress to ratify what he had done to pass the statute justify eating. he was concerned that they had overstepped the constitutional authority and welcom welcomed cs ratification of its action. president obama by contrast actually threatened to veto the statute that would have ratified his action. in fact i think is a startling contrast i was trying to bring out in that op-ed. .. they have offered despite two years of people like me raising this issue with the irs is trying to do is illegal. they have yet to offer one shred of, when statutory provision or one shred of evidence that supports their claim that the statute authorizes tax credit through exchanges of established by the federal government under section 1321 or that it was congresses intent for the statute to authorize tax credit through those exchanges. so there's a lot more to be said about all of this.
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improve the implementation of healthcare so it is great to know finally that we are moving on repealing obamacare to finding the common ground to make it work because that is the law of the land. >> thank you ranking member. with that, the hearing is now adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] news this morning that the u.s. economy added 203,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate and fell to 7% and is the lowest in about five years and exceeds analysts prediction. releasing figures earlier today and reaction from capitol hill house speaker john boehner issued a statement saying today's report includes signs that should discourage calls for more emergency government stimulus. instead what are you coburn economy needs is to get government out of the way. senate majority leader harry reid as we continue to gather steam now is not the time for washington to put on the brakes. the actions we take could make the difference between getting a job were not. yesterday randy weingarten in the head of the american federation of teachers spoke with reporters at the christian sci
improve the implementation of healthcare so it is great to know finally that we are moving on repealing obamacare to finding the common ground to make it work because that is the law of the land. >> thank you ranking member. with that, the hearing is now adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] news this morning that the u.s. economy added 203,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate and fell to 7% and is the lowest in about five years and exceeds analysts...
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you said you think that obamacare is bad and the implementation of the common core is far worse. who is to blame and anyone stepping up to fix this? >> i am not a big believer in blame. i am a union leader and i could easily say, this one, this one, this one. if we are not rolling up our sleeves and actually engaging, then we are in the same debate over who cares about kids. i care about kids, no, i care about kids. that is a debate we are having. let me just say, this is what i think is happened. we do education policy by press release. i think the governors and the state chiefs will write about saying, let's figure out a set of standards that are aligned to what kids need to know about the global economy. they move pretty fast about it. we were engaged with them and brought a lot of teachers who critiqued the materials and things like that. that is what matters. the public was not involved, parents were not involved, districts were not involved. it felt like, because of the speed at which it went, and because the federal government incentivized through the race to the top -- it
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law, which requires business owners to aggregate employees and could suggest the business from the obamacare employer mandate. according to the national federation of independent business, 39% of small businesses with 20 or more employees: at least 10% of one or more other businesses. to determine if the threshold of 50 or more employees has been met in these situations the health care law utilizes the internal revenue service code, controlled growth business aggregation rules which are complex and confusing even for most experts. some experts have suggested that most small-business owners could not interpret these rules without the guidance and the related cost of a tax specialist. despite the administration promises to health care law would help small businesses, each week seems to bring entrepreneurs more bad news, more costly regulations, more uncertainty and less incentive to grow their business and create jobs. a recent u.s. chamber of commerce international franchise association survey found 53% of small-business owners believe the law would have a negative impact on their business. i
law, which requires business owners to aggregate employees and could suggest the business from the obamacare employer mandate. according to the national federation of independent business, 39% of small businesses with 20 or more employees: at least 10% of one or more other businesses. to determine if the threshold of 50 or more employees has been met in these situations the health care law utilizes the internal revenue service code, controlled growth business aggregation rules which are complex...
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you told the national association writers, you think the obamacare compensation is bad. the implication of the common core is far worse. who is to blame and is anyone stepping up to fix it? >> i'm not a big believer in blame. i'm a big believer -- and let me say what. i'm a union leader. i could easily say, this one, this one, this one. but if we're not rolling up her sleeves and actually engaging in this then we are in the same debate about who cares about kids. i care about kids. no, i care about kids. no, i care about kids. that's the debate we've been having during this period time. let me just say, this is what i think has happened. we get education policy by precedent. and i think the governor and the state chiefs were right about saying let's figure out a set of standards that are aligned to let kids know -- they move pretty fast about it. we were engaged within and brought a lot of teachers who critiqued the materials and things like that. this is what didn't happen. the public wasn't involved. parents were involved. the districts were involved. and so it felt li
you told the national association writers, you think the obamacare compensation is bad. the implication of the common core is far worse. who is to blame and is anyone stepping up to fix it? >> i'm not a big believer in blame. i'm a big believer -- and let me say what. i'm a union leader. i could easily say, this one, this one, this one. but if we're not rolling up her sleeves and actually engaging in this then we are in the same debate about who cares about kids. i care about kids. no, i...
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are you signed up for obamacare? >> know i'm not. >> why? >> i'm lucky enough in the federal government that i have healthealthcare available to meh i signed up for. in a few years when that's not the case i will be happy to have other available -- >> the president says obamacare is much better than forcing most federal employees into a obamacare and obviously if you're not signing up, you don't think it is. >> i would yield back. >> the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for questions. >> we have had some problems with the audio system. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you madam administrator for being here and i apologize for the raspy voice. apologies. i just wanted to start off by saying welcome. it's always nice to see another member of the red sox nation here today and certainly in front of our committee. i want to thank you for all of your hard work over the past several months. i look forward very much to working with you in the years ahead. i had a couple of questions if you don't mind and first is an issue pertaining to my
are you signed up for obamacare? >> know i'm not. >> why? >> i'm lucky enough in the federal government that i have healthealthcare available to meh i signed up for. in a few years when that's not the case i will be happy to have other available -- >> the president says obamacare is much better than forcing most federal employees into a obamacare and obviously if you're not signing up, you don't think it is. >> i would yield back. >> the gentleman from...
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do you think medicare advantage may be obamacare's next victim? and if so, what might beneficiaries in pennsylvania expect over the coming years in terms of plan choices, costs, foregone benefit offerings and provider networks? >> thank you, mr. chairman. indeed, i am concerned about the future of medicare advantage. as i said in my opening statement. the work we've done on the implications of aca cuts, for example, in pennsylvania would suggest that in 2014 there would be an average loss of benefit for beneficiary of about $2200. that this is about a 19% reduction in those benefits. and that we would see a decline in the available of medicare that is to about 113,000 pennsylvanians. those numbers for 2014 are of concern, but i am more troubled by the trajectory over succeeding five years and the full cuts under the affordable care act as to whether medicare events were remain a viable option within the medicare program and deliver the comprehensive benefits. and i just want to echo the statements that we heard in many of the opening remarks. the
do you think medicare advantage may be obamacare's next victim? and if so, what might beneficiaries in pennsylvania expect over the coming years in terms of plan choices, costs, foregone benefit offerings and provider networks? >> thank you, mr. chairman. indeed, i am concerned about the future of medicare advantage. as i said in my opening statement. the work we've done on the implications of aca cuts, for example, in pennsylvania would suggest that in 2014 there would be an average loss...
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trying to take away your right to own guns, the government is doing this and obama is doing that and obamacare's table. so those with the kind i wanted to talk to because those with guys with the leaflets, the ideas. so i said -- i said i'm an academic. i'm research and funding research on these organizations t,these ideas and trying to understand the guys. and i study men who believe this stuff. and a bunch of them looked at me suspiciously and said, so to ask questions but and i just had look, here's what i am. i don't get it. but here's my job. i want to understand you guys view the world. i want to understand that your worldview. it is, look, you will not convince me and i will not convince you. that's off the table. what is on the table is i want to understand why you think the way you do. >> downward mobility, racial and gender equality. michael kimmel on the fears, anxieties and rage of "angry white men" sunday night at nine on "after words." part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> the editor of the uk newspaper of "the guardian" testified before the british home affairs committee yest
trying to take away your right to own guns, the government is doing this and obama is doing that and obamacare's table. so those with the kind i wanted to talk to because those with guys with the leaflets, the ideas. so i said -- i said i'm an academic. i'm research and funding research on these organizations t,these ideas and trying to understand the guys. and i study men who believe this stuff. and a bunch of them looked at me suspiciously and said, so to ask questions but and i just had...
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that, andoing obamacare is terrible. those of the guys i wanted to talk to because those are the guys with the leaflets. i said to them, is this your stuff? they said, who are you? i said, i am a researcher in doing research on these organizations, these ideas and trying to understand the guys, i am wondering -- i am studying men who like this stuff. here'said, look, what i am. i do not get it. here is my job -- i want to understand how you guys see the world. not convince me and i will not convince you. that is off the table. what is on the table, i want to understand why you think you way you do. " downward mobility," the fears, anxieties and rage of angry white man sunday night on afterwards, part of the tv this weekend on c-span 2. -- part of book tv. jobsw president obama on and the income inequality. hosted by the center for american progress, this is a little less than our. -- an hour. [applause] good morning, good morning, everybody. thank you so much for being here. i want to thank you all for joining us. member
that, andoing obamacare is terrible. those of the guys i wanted to talk to because those are the guys with the leaflets. i said to them, is this your stuff? they said, who are you? i said, i am a researcher in doing research on these organizations, these ideas and trying to understand the guys, i am wondering -- i am studying men who like this stuff. here'said, look, what i am. i do not get it. here is my job -- i want to understand how you guys see the world. not convince me and i will not...
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pamphlets are how the government is trying to take away your rights to own guns and obama is doing this and obamacare is terrible. those were the guys i wanted to talk to because they were the guys with the leaflets, the ideas. i said to them, is this your stuff? they said, who are you? pedantic -- i am an academic researcher doing research on these organizations and ideas, trying to understand these, and i study men who believe this stuff. and they looked at me suspiciously and said, sort of asked me questions. i just said, look, here is what i am. i don't get it. here is my job, i went to understand how you guys see the world. i want to understand your worldview. look, you will not convince me, and i will not convince you. that is off the table. what is on the table is i want to understand why you think the way you do. downward mobility, racial and gender equality, michael kimmel on the fear, anxiety, and rage of angry white men, part of book tv, this weekend on c-span two. >> now representative greg walden, chairman of the house energy subcommittee on communications and technology on his plan to u
pamphlets are how the government is trying to take away your rights to own guns and obama is doing this and obamacare is terrible. those were the guys i wanted to talk to because they were the guys with the leaflets, the ideas. i said to them, is this your stuff? they said, who are you? pedantic -- i am an academic researcher doing research on these organizations and ideas, trying to understand these, and i study men who believe this stuff. and they looked at me suspiciously and said, sort of...
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if you still don't like obamacare, i know you don't. even though it's built on market-place idea and choice and competition and private sector. you should explain how sectly you cut costs and cover more people and make insurance more secure. you owe it to the american people to tell us what you are for. not just what you're against. [applause] [applause] that way we can have a vigorous and meaningful debate. that's what the american people deserve. that's what the times demand. it's not enough anymore to just say we should get our government out of the way and let the unfettered market take care of them. for our experience tells us that is just not true. look, i've never believed that government can solve every problem. or should. and neither do you. we know that ultimately our strength is grounded in our people. individuals out there striving, working. making things happen. it depends on community. a rich and generous sense of community. that's what the core what happens happens here at the arc here every day. you understand turning ba
if you still don't like obamacare, i know you don't. even though it's built on market-place idea and choice and competition and private sector. you should explain how sectly you cut costs and cover more people and make insurance more secure. you owe it to the american people to tell us what you are for. not just what you're against. [applause] [applause] that way we can have a vigorous and meaningful debate. that's what the american people deserve. that's what the times demand. it's not enough...
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i know people call this law obamacare. and that's okay. because they do care. [laughter] i do. i care about you. i care about families. i care about america. [applause] no matter how much i care, the truth is that for your friends and family, the most important source of information is not going to be me. it is going to be you. they are going to trust you if you're taking them on a website walk in the spirit come to seem like the price are able to get, benefits, that is what makes the difference. if your student body pressed back, set up a conference on campus. if you work at a nonprofit, open your doors. use your e-mail list to help people learn the facts. if you've got a radio show, spread the word on air. if you're a bartender, have a happy hours and probably get health insurance because a lot of bartenders don't have it. put something on your facebook or in supreme. you can tweet using the hash tag to get covered. do whatever it takes to make sure people have the information they need to make the decision that is right for them. if you're in a state that has its own state e
i know people call this law obamacare. and that's okay. because they do care. [laughter] i do. i care about you. i care about families. i care about america. [applause] no matter how much i care, the truth is that for your friends and family, the most important source of information is not going to be me. it is going to be you. they are going to trust you if you're taking them on a website walk in the spirit come to seem like the price are able to get, benefits, that is what makes the...
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back in 2010, cbs chief actuary did a report on the impact of obamacare to medicare advantage. he wrote and i quote we estimate that in 2017 -- i know you touched on this, but elaborate, please. we estimate that in 2017 when the m.a. provisions will be fully phased in enrollment in medicare advantage plans will be lower i about 50%, does this track with your own analysis of these cuts of? >> apps alluded. as you for today medicare advantage is a high quality program, very popular. even more popular nationwide. the senior population is rising 10,000 beneficiaries every day. one would expect that if nothing else changed you would see more enrollment, a lot more. we are going to see less. what's changed is a financial foundation, the cuts under a maple make it impossible for plans to survive and those that survive will have to change the networks and their benefits and the cost-sharing in ways that seniors will find under struggle. the net result will be less availability of medicare advantage. >> next question for you. some democrats have been pushing the accountable care organiz
back in 2010, cbs chief actuary did a report on the impact of obamacare to medicare advantage. he wrote and i quote we estimate that in 2017 -- i know you touched on this, but elaborate, please. we estimate that in 2017 when the m.a. provisions will be fully phased in enrollment in medicare advantage plans will be lower i about 50%, does this track with your own analysis of these cuts of? >> apps alluded. as you for today medicare advantage is a high quality program, very popular. even...
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is obamacare constitutional? a huge number of people will focus on it in an institution will not adapt itself because it is very stayed in -- staid in getting that information out there. what it is they're that we're doing as part after national conversation it should be clear to everyone we're hardly alone. so for example, american lawyer media for which tony now works, has this wonderful publication, supreme court insider, which is getting more information about the court. pete now reports not on, all the law that, the justice department, the supreme court but they have instead of one platform in nbc news now, msnbc ends the website of "nbc news." so i do think that we're far from alone in taking advantage of the lower cost of distribution. we should talk at some point what the economic models of all these places are because tony operates on one economic model. some of his material is free through the blog of legal times. some is subscription only through the supreme court insider. pete's work is advertising su
is obamacare constitutional? a huge number of people will focus on it in an institution will not adapt itself because it is very stayed in -- staid in getting that information out there. what it is they're that we're doing as part after national conversation it should be clear to everyone we're hardly alone. so for example, american lawyer media for which tony now works, has this wonderful publication, supreme court insider, which is getting more information about the court. pete now reports...
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first, the obamacare suspension. on july 2, 2013, just for the long weekend, the obama administration announced that the president would unilaterally suspend the employer mandate of obamacare, notwithstanding the unambiguous command of the law. the statute is perfectly clear. it provides that the provisions become effective on january 1, 20 14. the blog post makes no mention of the statutory deadline. this raises the question of what it means to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. the scope of that discretion can be the subject of legitimate debate. this is not a mere calibration of executive resources. this is wholesale suspension of law. whatever it may mean to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, it simply cannot mean declining to execute a law at all. the president's remarks on this issue were quite striking. he said he would actually prefer to simply call up the speaker of the house to request a change in this law that would have achieved the desired delay, but the truth is, he wouldn't ha
first, the obamacare suspension. on july 2, 2013, just for the long weekend, the obama administration announced that the president would unilaterally suspend the employer mandate of obamacare, notwithstanding the unambiguous command of the law. the statute is perfectly clear. it provides that the provisions become effective on january 1, 20 14. the blog post makes no mention of the statutory deadline. this raises the question of what it means to take care that the laws be faithfully executed....
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varying the terms and waivers of obamacare. the number one question i get is, what can you do about it? we sent you to congress to do something about this. i have listened today and i have that we can enact new laws, that does not work if you can i get through the senate and the president himself will not sign them. we can use the power of the purse. that is pretty much dead. we have heard testimony about that. in the era of continuing resolutions we do not have a lot of options there. we could go to the court, we have heard about the standing issue. we have also even when there is standing a delay tactic leaves be, the president will termed out by the time any of these court decisions are held. we talked about elections. i think chairman i sent brought --irmaniss -- mpsu. pointcaps%id. point nvel. nl. -- is therei anything else that we could do? >> it does paint a dire picture. as we said before i have encouraged members to consider member standing. the most troubling thing, i islished an article -- what fascinating about it i
varying the terms and waivers of obamacare. the number one question i get is, what can you do about it? we sent you to congress to do something about this. i have listened today and i have that we can enact new laws, that does not work if you can i get through the senate and the president himself will not sign them. we can use the power of the purse. that is pretty much dead. we have heard testimony about that. in the era of continuing resolutions we do not have a lot of options there. we could...
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if they get a hospital or medical help for thousands of dollars that should have been covered under obamacare is with this prudential gap in coverage that was an overtly cause because of computer problems that they won't have to pay that bill? >> first of all there is not an insurance policy called obama karen i think it's important to the viewers that they understand their purchasing private insurance. first of all. secondly the general contract of queue ssi has stood up a team of experts working closely already with insurers to make sure that every 834 form past and present is accurate in time for january 1 and i'm confident we will be able to achieve that. going back to this story cited earlier today, even though we feel, even though we believe that the description is inaccurate in terms of what is happening today even if you look back at the worst period after the launch of the troubles we had with the web site the fact is very few people as we know now because we have the october numbers were enrolled. the universe of people who might have in their enrollment problems with 834 forms is n
if they get a hospital or medical help for thousands of dollars that should have been covered under obamacare is with this prudential gap in coverage that was an overtly cause because of computer problems that they won't have to pay that bill? >> first of all there is not an insurance policy called obama karen i think it's important to the viewers that they understand their purchasing private insurance. first of all. secondly the general contract of queue ssi has stood up a team of...
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he criticized the obamacare websites security functions. i want to play you a bit of that clip now and get your comments. guest: completely not. well overstated. they have made progress and brought in private sector folks to try to get the functionality up. it still does not function right. their own cio said he believed if they had the ability to get up to 80% functionality, that would be a good day for them. the functionality is right, but here is the most important part of this discussion no one talks about. the security of the site and the private information does not meet even the minimal standards of the private sector. that concerns me. i do not care if you are for or against it, republican or democrat, we should not tolerate the sheer level of incompetence securing this site. remember how much personal information is not only there, but all of the sites the hub accesses would expose americans personal information in a way rest taking week that. host: explain some of the security issues the congressman was talking about in that issue
he criticized the obamacare websites security functions. i want to play you a bit of that clip now and get your comments. guest: completely not. well overstated. they have made progress and brought in private sector folks to try to get the functionality up. it still does not function right. their own cio said he believed if they had the ability to get up to 80% functionality, that would be a good day for them. the functionality is right, but here is the most important part of this discussion no...
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amazes me about education and government in general -- and, of course, if you look at the rollout of obamacare can, you understand that our underinvestment in technology in cases cripple les us. and certainly, as we move towards common core, having districts that don't have sufficient technology to test on common core is a great problem and one that we've decided to help address as well. common core was decided on before i was governor of the state of connecticut. i was not one of the founders of the concept, but i will tell you this, i embrace it. but more importantly than my embracing of it, based on scholastic poll or survey of teachers in the state of connecticut, 72% of teachers embrace it. and really only about 2% reject it, think it will not lead to better results, and the remaining folks are basically undecided about the issue. so those teachers who have studied it and thought about it and have been doing the preparatory work over the last intervening years since 2007 when it was adopted in the state of connecticut are getting it and do belief that concentrated -- do belief that concen
amazes me about education and government in general -- and, of course, if you look at the rollout of obamacare can, you understand that our underinvestment in technology in cases cripple les us. and certainly, as we move towards common core, having districts that don't have sufficient technology to test on common core is a great problem and one that we've decided to help address as well. common core was decided on before i was governor of the state of connecticut. i was not one of the founders...